Neck wraps stopped being a scary experience
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Basically, every time I pick up a yoyo and smile everything is better! Including me lol!
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for me its when I notice tricks and transitions starting to smooth out
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Before you start hitting a trick when you are getting the mechanics down. When you see where your throw is suppose to land, on the string, or when the whip open up just perfect and yet you still miss it. Then you are starting to get smooth, really see the throw and the string interact and become the trick.
This is how it has worked for me.
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When I realized that stability isn’t the most important characteristic of a good throw. I’ve grown to appreciate throws designed with a focus on flow and feel rather than just pure performance.
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Great post! 
You know, it’s interesting. I’ve cycled a bit on this.
When I was first starting out, I wanted the most stable and long spinning yo-yo out there. I assumed that was automatically what made a yo-yo the best.
Then, as I got better, I branched out a bit, realizing that once I had basic competence with the yo-yo on the string, I didn’t need to rely on crazy stability as much.
BUT, when I improved more, and started to look at more advanced tricks, such as around the body stuff, lengthy combos, any horizontal material, etc, I realized that the stability is absolutely key.
Now, I enjoy both.
So, I wouldn’t say that you know you’re improving when you start to care more about a yoyos “flow feel” than its stability. Because for the REALLY hard stuff, you’re going to want that rim weighted competition shape.
Personally, I like both kinds of yoyos. I think that a REAL mark of improvement is being able to do flow, AND competition material. Not just one or the other.
Ok, I’ll get off my soap box. Good post to this topic!
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You know you’re getting good when you can take a 60 second nap in the middle of a 3 minute Contest Freestyle and still win by 300 points…
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Dang you’re right.
I think the closest that I can think of to that is Shu Takada at worlds in 2012.
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Happy times for my throwing. For the first time I feel I am achieving True Flow. To me True Flow means there are no tiny-tiny pauses between the tricks / elements I string together in my frontstyle combos. Also, True Flow to me means every trick / element blends together naturally even though I switch up the order of the things. Thanks for reading.
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You no longer look like a robot trying to swing the yoyo around.
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You know you’re getting better when you receive a phone call at 3 A.M. and a strange voice tells you “I’ve been watching you throw, and I think you’re getting better.”
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You can do the trick with your eyes closed.
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That happened to you too?
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